#ECD956#ECD956

#ECD956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.150 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD956
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.07, -8.48, 64.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.07, 65.30, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(87.7% -0.0287 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(87.7% 0.15 101)
XYZ	xyz(61.0871, 68.1330, 18.7356)
Luminance	0.6813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD956 #5669EC

analogous

#EC8E56 #ECD956 #B4EC56

triadic

#ECD956 #56ECD9 #D956EC

tetradic

#ECD956 #56EC8E #5669EC #EC56B4

square

#ECD956 #56EC8E #5669EC #EC56B4

split-complementary

#ECD956 #56B4EC #8E56EC

monochromatic

#B39F14 #E6CD1F #ECD956 #F2E58D #F8F2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#ECD956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD956

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD956	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.150 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e48b',
    500: '#ecd956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd956;
$custom-light: #f5e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87704,
    "c": 0.14977,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.6813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD956

secondary

#3343B3

accent

#24DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD956

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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